United States v. Trie’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 27 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 41 later decisions — most recently May 2019 · most notably United States v. Nachamie (2000), 63 F. Supp. 2d 1 - Vencor Nursing Centers, L.P. v. Shalala (1999)
3 federal appellate · 27 district · 1 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1001 (Comprehensive Thrift and Bank Fraud Prosecution and Taxpayer Recovery Act of 1990) · 18 U.S.C. § 1341 (White-Collar Crime Penalty Enhancement Act of 2002) · 18 U.S.C. § 1505 · 18 U.S.C. § 1512 · 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 3237 · 18 U.S.C. § 3500 · 18 U.S.C. § 371
Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · United States v. Bagley · Hamling v. United States · Missouri v. Continential Insurance Cos. · Ratzlaf et Ux United States
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Not only does the government’s position presume that the defendant knows what the government alleges that he did and with whom he dealt and therefore has all the information he needs, a premise inconsistent with the presumption of innocence, but it smacks of gamesmanship. A defendant faced with false statements charges should not have to waste precious pretrial preparation time guessing which statements he has to defend against or which contributors may be witnesses against him at trial when the government knows precisely the statements on which it intends to rely and can easily provide the information”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“(1) falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact; (2) makes any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation; or (3) makes or uses any false writing or document knowing the same to contain any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry.... ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“in the federal election law context for causing an innocent intermediary to make a false statement to the FEC, the prosecution must prove that 'defendant knew of the [political party] treasurers' reporting obligations, that he attempted to frustrate those obligations, and that he knew his conduct was unlawful.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.